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LANDON LIMERIG K, OF' LO UISVIL LE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Fatemi No. 64,432, lated Hay T, 1867.

IMPROVED BABY-TENDER.

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T() WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, LANDON LIMERICK, of Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, have invented anew and useful Baby-Tender; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinfo` had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

This invention relates to the class of devices for the support and amusement of infants, popularly styled baby-tenders or jumpers.

Figure l is a perspective view of a baby-tender embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the seat.

A is an open or other base, mounted upon wheels B, or otherwise. C is :1 spring bar or rod, bent or folded double, as shown, and having its two forward extremities coiled, as at D D', and rmly secured to the front portion of the fra-me. From the bight or rear end of the spring C a. coiled spring, E, extends to the rear end of the base, to which it is firmly attached. The seat F of the chair has sleeves G. nhich grasp the rods, and enable the chair to be slid backward or forward along them. Hinged, h, to the rear edge of the seat is a back, H. Hinged, yLito the front edge of the seat is a foot-rest, I. The back II4f and foot-rest I are linked to each other by a rod, J, pivcted to brackets K K, on the rear of tho back and foot-rest respectively, so that any depression ofthe back is accompanied by a. corresponding elevation of the seat, and oz'ce versa. Projecting forward from the back, concentric with the hinge h, is a slotted segment-bracket, L, which engaging, under a screwknob, M, upon one of the arms N, can, by turning said knob, be tightened so as to hold both the back and foot-rest to any desired position. A screw-knob, O, through one of the sleeves, enables the chair to be secured to any desired forward or backward position on the spring C, according to the weight 'of the child or the amount of notion desired.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- 1. The arrangement of chair E H I, adjustable forward or'baekwzird along a spring, C, for the object explai'ned.

2. The combination ofvv base A, spring C, sliding chair F G H I, and auxiliary spring E.

3. The chair F G H I, with the brackets K K L and knobs N O, adapted for a sitting or any recumbent position, and supported upon a spring or yielding rest, substantially as se't forth. v

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

LAN DON LIMERICK. W'itnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAMUEL KNIGHT. 

